Timer for combustion-engines.



. B: AN'V TIMER POR GUMBUSTIGE ENGINES.

APPLICATION FlLED OV. 29, i969.

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Attamqj/ Patented Apr: 26, ww.

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@wwf Affari/rey P. B. PANT.

TIMER Ffm GUMBUSTIGN ENGINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 29, 1909.

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WTNESSES UNITED vsandales rATENT OFFICE. l

PAUL n. FANT, oF NEWARK, oHIo.

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To'aZZ whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that/I, PAUL B. FANT, a citi= zen lof the United States, residing at Newark; in the county of Licking and State oi? Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Timers for Combustion'- vEngines, of which the'followiug is a specifi-4 of A'to its fnounting.

' V,at hig .the bottom of t e casing cation.

This invention-'relates toimprovements in sparkling devices-for ignition systems in corr- Junction with 'variable s eed` combustion engines, and particularly. or increasing the spark crease the spar efiicieney atnny rate of A further object of this invention is the provision of a simplified form of centrifugal 'device for operating automatically with 'Increase in speed., to effect anv increased s peed nndudecreasethechance of the spark the engine is operating le'ngth lo contactbetween the'contact elements of the timer.

-`In the aceox'npanying'ldrztwings wherein." likenumerals refer to llkeparts, Figure 1 is 'a planview .of 'my invention with the infer 'removed and 1nv4 coninnctlon with a common, f orfmof ign`1t1on .c1rcu1 t. Fig.- 2

'1s .d- 'setionaljviewg on line 2-4- 2 of' Fig. 1, vand showing-the device in the position rrnpintin'edy when running at full speed.

' Fig. 3 'is a'perspective' View of.on 'e' ofthe metallic'segments. Fig.4 is' a detailed view partly in section of the preferred forni of electrical .contacting device,- 'and, Fig. is a detd-ilplanview ofjcc'ntrifugally operated member. of g e'timer with especial Areference In the drawings, in the preferred formfo'fmy linvention is open l' at oneside, Crucible-Lilie' n-sha-pe and opezi at one. side' as shown." S red to the casing,

preferably'by threaded xmeans 8, is

opiatel anlsm' of the timer agonist dust water, etc.

ace of sai casi'n shaft -9,'"pass'1n 4'through c shoulderflO oil 6 which acts .as a bearin' for said shaft. 'Izhv innerend of the-shaft 9' is threaded as shownat 11', for

thereto a forkedmemberl?. Said forked member at' the`union of'its arms 13' und 14", is enlarged, as shown Aat 15,-' and efficiency at all speeds of an engine-v coupled thereto.

6 denotes a casing, whichf forprotectingthe contained mechand iend oft-hc clement 22 and be l 0n the under side of said element 22, toward machined with a shoulder 16, which shoulder`, with a collar 17 secured to Athe outer portion of the shaft 9 and adjacent the bearing 10, prevents said shaft from vibrating, laterally. .I Projecting from che side offthe enlarged portion 15 of the forked member 1 2,V is the arm 14, Said armjextepds nearliyr to the Vside'oi" the casing/ G at Whichpoint it 'turns u lwardly, assu'rrfijefs` .si1bstantia ly the curve o the said. casing-,and terminates a vshort distance from the'platef? and in a T-head 18, circular Iin`.cfosssection, with parallel opposite end faces. In the centers of said faces arctap ed holes, in alinementvwith each other, or the reception of pivotal bolts 20. The'otlier branch of the forked. member 12'is thear'm 13, circular in cross.- -5

section and formed on anua'rc with its center "of curvature at the central point. ofthe'T- Said branch '13 head 18 of the arm 14'. rises irregularly from a point slightly to one side of the thre'adedend of theshaft `foraJ short distance before entering upon a regular arc and at its uppermostextremity,

terminates in -a attencd head'l'.

Pivoted on the bolts 20, is a swinging ele-1 ment 22, iormed on oneend of'u'hich. is va yoke terminal 23, the jaws vof which straddie' the T -head18 of. tlie arm 14, and have centrally disposed therein, holes 24 to slid-- ingly "surround said bolts 2()t .hung thereupon. The o utr end portion 'of said swing? in'g'element is enlarged, as shownat 25 to lateij'lst fojrt ment 22... from 23, equal to the" distaneefrom salic'lpivotal point to the center of the arc-arm 1'3 is a ole 26, slightly greater in diameter than the arm 13, and for sliding,r engagement therewith'. Slidingly littcd in t eouter end of the clement 22 is a'rod 27, in the resent' in- 10o stance square in cross sectionf arried on one end of the rod is al yoke poiitlon28, car

rying 'between the jawf 29 and??? a revoluble wheel 31. This Avpicel 1s .fes1gn ed to maintain the elctrica -contnct between the stationary andthe-r 'olving '.parts of said timer and to keep i-t pressed normally outform a Weight, rthe 'purpose of which will-be.

li` ta 'distance along the ele.-

l .thepivtal .'pgoint 'of thc-yoke i?.

specinbano'n-of niettprsratent. l Patented. Apr. 26, 1910.. t Application tiled November 29,1909. Serial No. 530,389.

Ward is a compression spring l2, set into tle ind the rod 2 its outer portion 'issecured an eye 33 and arm 14, and extending toward the eye 33,

-11o similarly secured to' the lower portion of thev is another eye 34. Between said e es is stretched an expansion spring 35 whic northe electrical circuit.

mally holds the swingin element 22 at its lowest position, or tower the shaft 9.

Around the inner ing 6l arelaid metal c segments 38. The metal ic;A segments, besides being insulated from eachother are insulated from the casing 6 by suitable material 36. For securin themetallic se ments to the sidewalls o the casing, an for affording a means for connecting them in the electrical circuits of the ignition system, are provided bolt Shanks 39, integral with said metallic segments and extending throu h holes 40 in the casing 6 and insulated t erefrom by a continuation of the material 3'6. On the outer ends of said bolts are insulating washers 41, clamping nuts 42, and on one set additional nuts i3 for firmly holding connection wires 44 of To avoid raising of.

surfaces above the inner surface of the casing 6, the segment elements 38 are sunken in "IThe method of connectingthe timer dea eripheral groove 45.

groin one 51de ofthe lower ortion of the casing and integral therewit is an extension 46 in which is a hole 47, the combination acting as a means for `turning the timer about the axis 9 for regulating the speed of the engine controlled.

vice in' in ordinary ignitlon circuit is shown in Fig.I 1': Then starting the engine (not 1n place of -tue battery. 50 'and the currentshown), the switch 48 is thrown to the point 49 and current from the cells `dzpasses through said switch into the timer-,succes ssively through the contact portions therein, through the primary windings of the indue tion coils 51, and back' to the cells.j After -the engine is well started, the v4switch 4i8 is thrown to thepoint 52 and a direct current magneto 53 eneratesthe ignition-,current 1 p'aLSSeS through the saine course as before de scribed. The wires `54 lead to the spark plugs in the individual cylinders (not,

vshowm of the engine controlled.

periphery of the cas `ated by centrifugalfforce.

,2. A.v timing device-.of the character described, comprising "fa-:aerucible-shaped sup-l port, contacts increasing in width toward the upper. ends thereof arranged lwithin said support, un approximately. U-shaped support rotatably mounted within said first named support, a contact element pivotally mounted upon one arm of said approximately U- V shaped support, vand said contact element being slidably mounted upon thel` other armV of said U-shaped support.

8. A timing device of the character described, comprising a crucible-shaped support, contacts increaslng in width toward: the upper ends thereof arranged within said support, an approximately U-shaped support su stantially vertically disposed and rotatably mounted within said first named support, a contact element pivotally mounted slidably mounted vuponthe other arm of said approximately U-shaped support, saidA spo .upon one Aarm of said approximately U" shaped support, said contact element being' for retarding' the movement of said contacty element.

In testimony 'whereof I. aiiix my signature' in preseneeof two witnesses.

Witnesses: 'HARRY SCOTT,

C; C. MoGn'Uunr. 

